Overview

The information here is sourced from the Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO). Their online profiling tool facilitates the comparison of numerous health and social indicators across different geographical areas and time.

After downloading a data archive via this tool, values from Garnock Valley and Kilbirnie areas were compared to Scotland level data (see top_indicators.R code). All plots, maps, code and documents are available in the github repository.

The following indicators were selected for further investigation:

  • Alcohol related hospital stays, ages 11-25 years
  • Drug-related hospital stays, aged 11-25 years
  • Employment rate for 16-24 year olds
  • Population within 500 metres of a derelict site
  • Young people living in the most income deprived quintile

The time trend for these indicators (compared to the Scottish national value for comparison purposes) can be seen below.


Time Trend for All Indicators



Interactive time trends and maps are presented for these indicators in the following sections.


Employment Rate

The employment rate for young people (16–24 years) in North Ayrshire and NHS Ayrshire & Arran has been significantly lower than the national average in the recent past, achieving above average performance in just one year out of the fourteen shown.




Map of Employment Rate for 16–24 year olds



Derelict Sites

All of the geographies presented show a significantly higher proportion of the population live within 500m of a derelict site. Notably the Kilbirnie North, and Kilbirnie South & Longbar zones, exhibit some 2.5× the national average.




Map of Population Within 500m of a Derelict Site



Income Deprivation

The following geographies show consistently more young people living in the most deprived quintile when compared to the national average: NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Garnock Valley, Kilbirnie South & Longbar, and North Ayrshire. The value of this indicator in the area of Kilbirnie North has consistently risen since 2014 and is now ~12% above the national average.




Map of the Percentage of Young People Living in the Most Deprived Quintile



Additional Assets

This section contains static screenshots of the interactive maps and plots in the previous sections.

Employment Rate




Derelict Sites




Income Deprivation